Against Centenary, Barnes, Johnson, Josie West and Green all had 11 points.

In the league win over the Mean Green, Lyndra Bell and Barnes chipped in 18 points, Morris had 12 and Mercedes Johnson had 15 points.

In the victory of UNO, Barnes led the way with 14, while Green and Johnson had 12 and 11, respectively.

All three hit double figures in the win over ULM with Green scoring a game-high 18.

Player of the Week Honors

After averaging 25.0 ppg and 11.0 rpg last week, Mercedes Johnson earned her first career player of the week honor.

After her 39-point performance against FAU, she put up double-digits again at South Alabama (11).

Last Time Out... at Denver (Feb. 27 )

The Denver Pioneers captured a 76-63 decision over Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns on Saturday afternoon at Magness Arena. Despite having already secured the No. 4 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and dressing only seven players due to injuries, DU 17-12 (12-6) showed how big home court advantage is in the Rockies.

The elevation of the court at Magness Arena is 5,342.80 feet above sea level. A sign is conveniently displayed just before the visiting team enters the court outside their locker room.

Carrying a big lead into the second half, DU was able to keep UL 9-21 (4-14) at bay.

The closest the Cajuns could get in the second stanza was 12 points, 63-51, despite committing only one turnover in the first 14 minutes of the second half. The Cajuns were shooting 52 percent in the second half at that point, but allowed DU to convert at 55 percent.

DU was led by Kaetlyn Murdoch's 24 points. Three other players finished in double figures for the Pioneers.

With the loss, the Cajuns will be the No. 10 seed in the SBC Tournament if both Troy and New Orleans lose - regardless of the outcome of the North Texas at ULM game (at 4-14, Cajuns win any head-to-head, 3-team or 4-team tie-breaker with UNO, Troy and ULM). UL is the No. 11 seed if either Troy or New Orleans win and the No. 12 seed if both Troy and New Orleans win.

The Cajuns will face South Alabama, Florida International or Florida Atlantic in the first round of the conference tournament. If the Cajuns finish as the No. 10 seed, UL will face the No. 7 seed (USA if FIU wins Saturday or FIU if FIU loses on Saturday. If the Cajuns are the No. 11 seed, UL will face the No. 6 seed (FAU if FIU wins or USA if FIU loses). If the Cajuns are the No. 12 seed, UL will face the No. 5 seed (FIU if they win or FAU if FIU loses).

The Pioneers outran the Cajuns in the first half en route to a 44-26 lead after 20 minutes. Denver was 18-of-29 (62 percent) from the floor in the first half, including 5-of-7 (71 percent) from behind the arc.

The Cajuns had only two turnovers, but hit on only 12-of-39 shots (31 percent) to fall behind by 18 points at the break.

Tied at 8-8, DU used a 17-4 run to build a 13-point led with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

After a short 8-4 burst by the Cajuns cut the DU lead under double figures, the Pioneers outscored UL 15-6 over the final 4:30 of the first half.

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